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JOHN NEEDHAM, or inonnrsnnm, `NEW Yoan;

Leners Patent No. 100,789, daad Mwah. 15, 1ero.

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The Schedule referred t'oiin these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN NEEDHML of Morrisania, in the county of Westchester, and State of New y York, have invented a new and useful Improvement l in Sofa Bed; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which .will enable thers skilled in the art to make and lusethe same, reference being had to the accompanying -drawings forming part'o't' this'spectication.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a combined sofa and bed, convertible from one to the other with the greatest facility; and i `It consists in the construction, arrangement, .and

i combination of parts hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing` Figure 1 `represents an endvie-w, (partlyin section,)

l f, shown as a sofa.

`Figure 2 is a side view, with the parts extended, as

i `when converted into a bed..

Figure isa back-side view. y Similar letters of reference indicate corl'esponding A is 4the frame, and B, the back of the sofa,

.These tno palts are doweled together, asl `seen in the drawing, so that they may `readily be taken apart.

O D Vrepresent the bed bottom, formed of two parts j hinged togetheigand wththe'lpait O pivoted tothe back at E'.-

.lh'e part D of the bottom `folds over onto G, and

then. the two are folded (ou the pivots E) so aste form-v the back` of the sofa, a's seen in iig. 1.' l Y When the bottomis extended, as in fig. 2, 'the 'outer end of D is supported by the hinged bracket F, which drops down and rests on the door, as seen in the drawmg.

. i G is the seat of the sofa, which is hinged to the seen in fig. 2, the seat is turned over so that the arms I rest upon the door. In this position itis made to support the joint of the bed bottom, as seen at J K isla receptacle for the bed clothing, beneath the seat, when the bed is not in use.

` L is a strip of wood extending across back B,V and hinged thereto, which may be turned up', to improve the ventilation when the bedv is in use.

1t wll be seen that the width of the bed corresponds extended at 1ightangles therewith.

By constructing the sofa frame so that it may readily be taken apart as before stated, it will be seen that it may be carried through any door or into a chamber without diiiculty.

The bedbottom may to suit the taste, so that' a mattress will not be required.

disadvantages of an ordinary cumbersome bedstead in the room are avoided, while the convenience of the indispensable sofa is secured.

Having thus describedmy invention, i I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- p I The combination and' arrangement of the seat G substantially'as described.

- JOHN NEEDHAM.

' Witnesses;

GEORGE W. Munn,

the top of the with the length of the sofa seat, and is 4placed when and bed bottom O I) with the frame and `back A B,

frame A, as seen at H. Whenv the bed is formed as be upholstered in any manner In residences where the room is restricted, all the 

